Article: SMS-text messages help Croydon breathe easily; Innovative use of SMS-text technology allows Croydon Council to provide air-quality text-message alerts.

M2 PRESSWIRE-4 November 2005-KAPOW!: SMS-text messages help Croydon breathe easily; Innovative use of SMS-text technology allows Croydon Council to provide air-quality text-message alerts(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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KAPOW!, the UK's first SMS gateway, today announced that it has helped implement and launch a pilot SMS-text service called airTEXT for Croydon Council. This enables the council to provide residents with up-to-date information on air quality to their mobile phones.

airTEXT is the first scheme of its kind in the UK and has funding from the European Space Agency's PROMOTE project, which is using satellite ...

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